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Case of the Day: In re Grand Jury Subpoena
You may have seen some intrigue in the news recently. The Special Counsel’s office was arguing an appeal in Washington. The case was under seal, and the subject matter was so super-secret that the court didn’t just close the courtroom, it closed an entire floor of the courthouse so that no one would know who […]
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Belfast Project: High Court Rejects McIntyre’s Motion for an Injunction
The High Court in Northern Ireland has denied Anthony McIntyre’s motion for an injunction regarding the use of his Belfast Project interview. The Belfast Project case was the first case to which I devoted extended attention at Letters Blogatory. It’s been a while, so let me set the scene a bit. The First Case Ed […]
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Case of the Day: In re Application of Biomet Orthopaedics
The case of the day is In re Application of Biomet Orthopaedics Switzerland GmbH (3d Cir. 2018). It’s an outgrowth of one of the first cases I ever wrote about on Letters Blogatory, Heraeus Kulzer, GmbH v. Biomet, Inc., 633 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. 2011). Time flies. Here was my brief description of the earlier […]
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Case of the Day: Leibovitch v. Iran
The case of the day is Leibovitch v. Islamic Republic of Iran (7th Cir. 2017). The plaintiffs were the victims of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem by members of Palestine Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group supported by the government of Iran. The plaintiffs had a default judgment against Iran for $67 million. Seeking to collect, […]
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Case of the Day: Probulk Carriers v. Marvel International
The case of the day is Probulk Carriers Ltd. v. Marvel International Management and Transportation (S.D.N.Y. 2016). The underlying case was for breach of a charter party. Arbitration in London yielded an award in favor of Probulk, and the court in New York had entered a default judgment recognizing and enforcing the award and providing […]